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how would you rate rodrigo duterte enters of economic reform?s concerned. in other business news, making headlines, it is back. samsung has announced it will sell a re— furbished version of its galaxy note 7 phone. it had to recall them after problems with fire prone batteries. the cost samsung over by billion dollars in operating profit. it will only be available in korea and will retail for a only be available in korea and will retailfor a much lower only be available in korea and will retail for a much lower price than the original. let's now have a look at what we are watching this week on the business and trading front. on tuesday, the reserve bank of australia will be announcing their cash rate decision. the central bank is expected to give it at a record low of 1.5% at its monthly meeting. and moving to the next important day, and the european union ramps up talks with asean. senior officials from both sides are meeting in bangkok. and world leaders and central bankers are gathering in hamburg for the g20 international summit. let's have

♪ heads to the philippines, where president duterte is waging a deadly drug war.sers are doing whatever it takes to escape it. in thehe u.s., an opioid epidec is sweeping the country. millioions are addicted toto hn and prescription painkillers, but help for addicts is hard to come by. first we go to mexico, where one state is trying to tackle corruption with a female-only traffic unit. more than six billion people live in a country with a serious corruption problem. this costs developing nations an estimated $1 trillion u.s. per year. but the global fight against corruption is gathering pace. in russia, young people hahave been t taking to thehe streets. in south korea, public demonstrations helped topple the president, who's now standing trial on graft charges. there's also growing unrest in morocco, where thousands have been protesting government corruption and abuse of power. for months now, people in brazil have been demonstrating in support of a police probe into high-level embezzlement and bribery. in mexico, meanwhile, corruption is part and parcel of ever

thank you so much or your insights on president rodrigo duterte's first yearin president rodrigo duterte'sr in office. donald trump has created another twitter storm and is accused of inciting violence against the media, after he tweeted a spoof video showing him physically assaulting a man with a cnn logo superimposed on his head. the us president is shown slamming the logo to the ground and punching it repeatedly. 0ne cnn contributor says the president will end up getting someone in the media killed. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker has more about reaction in the us to mr trump's latest tweet. well, cnn has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement condemning the president and saying that his tweet incites violence against reporters. they are backed by a number of journalists groups. even some right—wing commentators believe on this occasion donald trump has crossed a line. but the white house has said there's nothing to be alarmed about. homeland security adviser tom bossert said this should not be perceived as a threat. butjust consider this. on friday the white hous

president duterte prepares to set out his vision for the philippines, in his state of the nation address. nine people, including two children, are found dead in the back of a truck in texas — police say they were victims of people trafficking. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. six months into his presidency and donald trump's strategy in afghanistan still isn't clear — we take a look at his options. and, the new film offering a rare insight into the culture of china's hui people. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and 1am in london. we start in the philippines, where president duterte will deliver a second state of the nation address to a joint session of congress. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. howard johnson has more from manila. this will be president duterte‘s second state of the nation address. his first one this time last year, when he came to power. it is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. the president's spo

president duterte's drug war has been described as mass murr. but he's proud of what his country is doing to counter the poverty-fuelled wave of drug addiction. a chinese tycoon funded this giant new rehabilitation center. an irony, some might say, given the role played by chinese gangs in the philippine drug trade. president duterte: i will not allow my country to sink like colombia. i will not stop until the last pusher, until the last drug lord is exterminated. that will be the rule of the day. reporter: 100,000 square meters of space for 10,000 addicts. but just 186 patients are being treated here. there's a serious doctor shortage. there are only 13 federal drug clinics, so local governments are at the forefront of the fight against drugs. in olongapo, the mayor has formerddicts building coffins provided to poor families who can't pay for funeral services. robert: since i began taking part in the mayor's project, i finally have work. it was good that i turned myself in. reporter: for many of the former addicts, this is the first time they'v

so how can president duterte justify it? does he think this will actually take care of the problem?artial law after the clashes in marawi, and people were — because, i suppose, people were so afraid, and people didn't know what they would expect from the clashes there, with home—grown terrorist groups linked with isis, so there was not exactly an effective opposition. there were petitions filed before the supreme court, and they discussed whether martial law is necessary in marawi and outside marawi. and the big question in the supreme court is whether the situation outside marawi requires martial law. but president duterte is the first president from mindanao, and it seems that he is going to get the support for this extension of the martial law, based on public pronouncements of his allies, and based on his public approval ratings. just this week, or last week, the survey came out, and it showed him at 82% — with 82% approval rating. and in mindanao, where there is martial law, he got 95%. south korean intelligence officials are investigating whether a prominent defector from the

the philippine star previews president rodrigo duterte's state of the nation address today. his speech is expected to focus on the government's efforts to deal with an islamist insurgency in parts of the country, and his controversial war on drugs. china and russia, meanwhile, have begun their annual joint naval exercises. china daily reports the drills are taking place in the baltic sea, the first of their kind for the chinese navy in europe. the gulf news claims israel has defied international calls to remove metal detectors at the entrance of a sensitive holy site in eastjerusalem despite the security measure triggering violent clashes with palestinians. onshore uk windfarms now lead the field in efficiency and can be built for about the same price as gas power stations, according to the guardian. the finding comes as the world's first full—scale floating wind farm takes shape off the coast of scotland. and it was a good day for british sport yesterday with england's women's team snatching the world cup in a thrilling victory over india. while britain's chris froome made

] now, duterte has since claimed he was joking.eless despite his dismal human rights record, the white house issued a statement saying, trump and duterte had a very friendly conversation and the president trump invited president duterte to the white house. so if you're a journalist covering the white house when duterte visits and hear donald trump say this -- >> let's give them a helicopter ride, okay? [ light laughter ] >> seth: run! [ laughter and applause ] so to recap a president who's in over his head is fighting with the media, remising about his election night victory, inviting authoritarian rulers to the white house and also, maybe doesn't know why the civil war happened. donald, do you still stand by your claim that the presidency would be easy. >> i don't stand by anything. [ light laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with more "late night," everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ (engine revving) (screams) man: woo hoo! join in on the fun and cash in on the deals a

president duterte has a big plan at the moment, it's called dutertenomics, as he calls it, you'll, buildastructure projects up and down the country over the next few years. this is a very ambitious strategy for a country weather is widespread corruption, there are capacity issues where —— whether these issues can go ahead, for instance, a metro system in manila to deal with the crippling traffic you see here and also he is talking about putting forward a plan for a railway system around lindenow in the south, the island in the south of the philippines, and he will try to unify the country through creating jobs are putting in infrastructure —— mindanao. jobs are putting in infrastructure -- mindanao. you talk about unifying, what sort of opposition is there likely to be for this state of there likely to be for this state of the nation address today? i've been speaking to opposition senators and other activists over the last few days and they have been talking about president duterte's war on drugs. this war has seen more than 7000 people killed and many more deaths that have been investig

president trump-by the duterte to the white house. back in the united states in michigan, federal judge mark goldsmith has halted the deportation of more than 1400 iraqis, ruling the immigrants could face torture or death if returned to iraq. the ruling gives the immigrants more time to try to convince courts to overturn their deportation orders. the immigrations and customs enforcement agency, known as ice, has rounded up hundreds of iraqi immigrants in michigan in recent months after u.s. in a wreck reached an agreement that would allow the u.s. to deport iraqis even if they don't have valid travel documents. in mississippi, a former navy sailor has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering 25-year-old african american transgender woman dee whigham in a hotel room in 2016 after learning she was transgender. the autopsy shows dwanya hickerson slashed whigham's throat and stabbed her more than 100 times. hickerson originally faced the possibility of life in prison or the even the death penalty, but he received a plea deal, wh

the president of the philippines, rodrigo duterte is celebrating a year in office.ll we say, been an eventful 12 months, with controversy never very far away. in fact, mr duterte's tenure has been marked by outspoken and often simply offensive comments. he promised to slaughter drug addicts in the philippines comparing the crackdown to hitler. mr duterte told president 0bama america had lost, and he would realign the country with russia and china. islamist militants were warned he could match them for savagery, i'll eat their liver, he said. and the presidentjoked about rape with soldiers apparently to boost their morale. earlier i spoke to professor eduardo araral from the lee kwan yew school of public policy and he graded mr duterte's first year in office. 0verall, overall, i would give him a grade of b+. a+ full foreign relations and b+ for law and order. he himself would give himself a b. he uses offensive language but... high grades for a president that's been controversial on many fronts. he has done a lot, brought home a lot of foreign aid. he has rebalanced

president duterte prepares to set out his vision for the philippines, in his state of the nation address. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. nine people have been found dead including two children inside a truck in the us state of texas. police say they were the victims of human trafficking. 30 others were suffering from severe dehydration. and this story is trending on bbc.com. british cyclist chris froome has won the tour de france. he kept his composure putting in a near perfect performance as he secured his fourth title on paris‘ champs—elysee. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. a 20—year—old man has died after being apprehended by a police officer in an east london shop. he's been been named by his family as rashanjermaine charles. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. a strong earnings season in the us has helped lift asian stocks, but will that continue? and, why this circus wants to somersault into

amy: in april, president trump called duterte and invited him to the white house. in transcript of their conversation leaked by the intercept, trump said -- "i just wanted to congratulate you because i am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem." in poland, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital warsaw and other cities thursday, ahead of a vote scheduled today by the ruling law and justice party on a bill that would let parliament appoint supreme court judges. protesters say the measure would end the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary. >> elections took place democratically, so their governing breaks the law, breaks the constitution. so the democracy in poland practically dies. aree new laws on the courts step in the wrong direction. that is why we want the president to veto these hills. amy: said it was alarmed by the legislation considering bringing unprecedented sanctions against one of its membeber states due o potential human rights abuses. in morocco, riot police used clubs and tear gas to scatter hund

since president duterte took office, we have seen the depreciation of the peso.itical risk being included in the week currency? yes, i agree. there is some political risk which is being priced in, ithink there is some political risk which is being priced in, i think a lot of it has to do with the uncertainty of the new government under president duterte and what sort of reforms he can carry over from the past, and whether he can really implement them. i think slowly that uncertainty is coming off, but now we are having a lot of these trade numbers that are kind of an expanding deficit, but also the bsb looking like they are not going to hike rates any time soon, which is what a lot of people expected. so why are we seeing the central bank of the philippines intervening to stem the peso's for? i think they have the ammunition to do it, because they have a lot of reserves at the moment. but i think the fact they have allowed it to weaken so far is because they are a little bit relaxed about how much inflationary consequences are weak peso has. and it is positive fo

our top story: president duterte prepares to set out his vision for the philippines, in his state of the nation address. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. nine people have been found dead including two children inside a truck in the us state of texas. police say they were the victims of human trafficking. thirty others were suffering from severe dehydration. and this story is trending on bbc.com... british cyclist chris froome has won the tour de france. he kept his composure putting in a near perfect performance as he secured his fourth tour de france title on paris‘ champs—elysee. congratulations to him. now on bbc news it's time for hardttalk. i'm shaun ley. this is hardtalk. a quarter of lebanon's population are syrian refugees, which is putting the country's infrastructure and resources under increasing strain. the party of my guests, ghassan hasbani says he wants to send them home. some leading politicalfigures there are calling for the refugees to be sent home. but sin

duterte is due to make his second state of the nation address later today.00 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. let's get more details on that breaking news. grab has raised $2 billion from k and didi.deed issue showin how did grab pull this off? of thes a continuation previous alliance. softbank, their vision fund was the change inort transportation and communication in the future. it all falls into place right now. most of the funding is coming from these two companies that already have a history with grab. the largestll be single financing in the history of southeast asia, and we do know that the previous fundraising round already raised september,lion in also grab, so what are they doing with the money? >> they want to expand in different regions. hailing is aide proxy war for the payments companies owned by tencent and see alibabayou potentially we reported earlier that they wanted to invest in grab as well. that is not confirmed yet, but the company said there is an additional $500 million on top o

the philippine star covers president rodrigo duterte's second state of the nation address. defended imposing martial law to tackle an islamist insurgency on the island of mindanao. dominating most of the papers in the uk this morning, including the independent, is the heartbreaking decision by the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard to end their legal battle to keep him alive. and the daily telegraph warns consumers who buy internet—enabled devices such as televisions and refrigerators are potentially leaving themselves open to hackers.

also in the programme: philippine president rodrigo duterte marks one year in the top job.d a 75th birthday for stephen hawking, the scientist who overcame disability to become a legend of physics.

we have been hearing a lot from rodrigo duterte in the last 2a hours, and pretty much everything, from as well. this is a man who doesn't hold back. here's the asian strongman. we are talking about the us strongman earlier, he is the asian strongman right now. he went and addressed his congress yesterday explaining why he is extending a state of emergency, and then he went out right in front of the protesters who really don't like him, and told them to shut up. he loves language that really, really cuts through. he is co nsta ntly really cuts through. he is constantly on the front pages. he does things in a very, very different way. you could argue what he is trying to do on drugs is actually the right thing to do, he poses as the hired man. and from a democratic point of view, ongoing martial law situation is not a good place to be. and you only have to speak of human rights groups, complaining of overcrowded prisons, no legal representation for those who have been arrested in huge numbers, and of course allegations continue that they are being sentenced to death very quickly as well.

rodrigo duterte has signalled plans to have spending move to $34 billion to usherin spending move tosher in what he calls a golden age of infrastructure. how might this help the economy of the country? think about it. infrastructure spending in the philippines is relatively quite low in comparison to the rest of the region. right now, the infrastructure by the plan is only 5% of gdp. his medium—term target is to raise that to 7% of gdp. if you compare that to the rest of the region, averaging around 20%, thatis of the region, averaging around 20%, that is still very low. however, infrastructure has always been the problem, and it is actually growth positive. in a speech yesterday he said he wants all mineral resources extracted from the philippines to be more ethical and responsible. what does that mean? well, there has been a lot of destruction and it has also negatively affected the local communities. what he effectively said was that he would raise taxes in the mining sector is there are no sustainable practices. very quickly, we know the philippines is one of the fastest—growing

the philippine star previews president rodrigo duterte's state of the nation address today.orts to deal with an islamist insurgency in parts of the country, and his controversial war on drugs. china and russia, meanwhile, have begun their annual joint naval exercises. china daily reports the drills are taking place in the baltic sea, the first of their kind for the chinese navy in europe. the gulf news claims israel has defied international calls to remove metal detectors at the entrance of a sensitive holy site in eastjerusalem despite the security measure triggering violent clashes with palestinians. 0nshore uk windfarms now lead the field in efficiency and can be built for about the same price as gas power stations, according to the guardian. the finding comes as the world's first full—scale floating wind farm takes shape off the coast of scotland. and it was a good day for british sport yesterday with england's

the president of the philippines, duterte, will give his annual state of the nation address monday. the speech will likely focus on the economy, terrorism and war on drugs, over the weekend. reviewing mr. duterte's question to extend martial law until had end of the year. >> looking for the pop star who is linked to the meeting last year. promising damaging information on hillary clinton from the russian government. matthew chance joins us now, matthew, you attract and down one what did he have to say? >> we tried repeatedly to get a comment. and in organizing that meeting that took place in trump power last june with donald trump j j, donald trump's son. and paul manafort, who was a member of their team at the time. emin was giving a performance on stage to a crowd of his fans along with other fans here np attracting on the street, the venue went putting some of those important questions to him. take a listen. >> arrange that meeting between donald trump jr. and russian lawyer? >> come join me for the show tonight. >> we will definitely. >> excellent. excellent. >> this is an impor

on saturday, the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte celebrated his first year in office. projections, the economy is set to expand between 6.5% and 7% this year — this makes it the second fastest growing country in asia. nestor espenilla junior is one of the men responsible for sustaining this progress. he's just been appointed as governor of the country's central bank. earlier he spoke to the bbc‘s rico hizon. the one thing that disturbs all of us the one thing that disturbs all of us is that yes, the risk roof, but the growth is not happening for all of us so people are getting left behind, so that is why we need to strengthen our policy across the broad front for the financial sector, we are committed to promote greater national inclusion to promote more access to this is very important for broadening the effects of prosperity to the whole economy. in asia you have japan and china with high debt levels, and you have the wreck that negotiations, the us protectionism. could this trigger another global financial crisis in another global financial crisis in another shape o

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: president duterte prepares to set out his vision forddress. nine people including two children are found dead in the back of a truck in texas — police say they were victims of people trafficking. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: donald trump ‘s strategy in afghanistan is still not clear. and, the new film offering a rare insight into the culture of china's .people live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday.

have to cease, they have to stop because the alternative are either jail or hell. >> woodruff: as duterteke, thousands of left-wing protesters marched in opposition. he met with them later, but warned he'll order police to shoot anyone who causes disturbances. the president of poland broke with his party today, and vetoed two bills aimed at curbing the independence of judges. the legislation had triggered mass demonstrations. diana magnay, of independent television news, filed this report. >> reporter: for days and long into each night they protested in cities across poland against judicial reforms they felt might snuff out what's left of liberal democracy here. it's not a phrase the ruling law and justice party had much track with. certainly not party chairman jaroslaw kaczynski. but the man he cherry picked for president last year, andrzej duda, just broke with party ranks. >> ( translated ): poland badly needs reform of the judiciary and i fully support this reform. but i support a smart reform which would guarantee an effective functioning of the judiciary and improve the sense of jus

president duterte said last week there would be no let—up on his war on drugs, which have led to thousandsese authorities have released on bail a prominent journalists after authorities have released on bail a prominentjournalists after he was arrested trying to leave the country. police said he was detained at the airport under a controversial law that critics say is being used to silence journalists. law that critics say is being used to silencejournalists. he is due law that critics say is being used to silence journalists. he is due to stand trial after being accused of defaming a firebrand buddhist monk on social media. china has hit back against claims by donald trump that it is to blame for not reining in north korea. the us president yesterday said he was very disappointed in china afterjohn young tested another intercontinental ballistic missile. ageing said the nuclear issue did not arise because of china. no matter how capable china is, china's efforts will not yield tactical results —— beijing. because the two principal parties hold the responsibility to keep things moving, to

philippines president rodrigo duterte has offered autonomy to the muslim minority on the island of mindanaoo reject so—called islamic state, whose followers remain in control of parts of marawi after months of conflict and the death of at least 500 people. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in warsaw for the first part of an official visit to poland and germany. three—year—old, george, and two—year—old, charlotte, joined their parents for the trip. from warsaw, our royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. at three, he is far too young to know if he is a reluctant royal, but prince george definitely wasn't keen to embrace warsaw without his father's helping hand. 0ne future king did persuade another one to follow in his footsteps. 0n the tarmac, george struck a nonchalant pose, and practised the odd ballet move. a fidgeting prince, with a lifetime under an intense spotlight ahead of him. princess charlotte faces a similarfuture, a reality, aged two, she can remain blissfully unaware of for now. the language divide isn't the only challenge. here, a country that relatively recentl

philippines president rodrigo duterte has offered autonomy to the muslim minority on the island of mindanaost militants who have taken control of the city of marawi. the offer is aimed at persuading filipino muslims to reject so—called islamic state, whose followers remain in control of parts of marawi after months of conflict and the death of at least 500 people. there will be no objections of the provisions of all that is consistent with the constitution and the aspiration of the moro people. i am for this. within the context of the republic of the philippines, there shall be a bangsamoro country. you may have seen this video. it has been going viral millions of times around the world. saudi arabia is investigating the woman who posted this video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop—top in public, defying the country's strict dress code. it's sparked a heated debate with some saying she should be arrested for not wearing a full length robe and headscarf, others praising her bravery. pakistan's supreme court has begun considering corruption allegations against the country's prime minist

[m[music] ♪ heads to the philippines, where president duterte is waging a deadly drug war.sers are doing whatever it takes to escape it. in the u u.s., an opioid epidec is sweeping the country. millionsns are addicted to h hn and prescription painkillers, but help for addicts is hard to come by. first we go to mexico, where one state is trying to tackle corruption with a female-only traffic unit. more than six billion people live in a country with a serious

google estimate it would shaif off million of seconds by duterte cutting down the time it took to do a search request but more than half of searches done on mobile device and instant search doesn't display as well on smaller screens. back to you. >>> it will gb to see some sunshine right now. we think it's coming and what i see say bunch of clouds behind me. at the me we have good flus. >> we do a some good news, a lot of sunshine and it comes in the form of very warm weather prtd we will see that as we go through the day. let's look at the today's temperature trend. it will be in the mid-60s for los gatos and then through the rest of the day our temperatures quickly heating up into the low 90s this afternoon. we'll talk about a hot weekend ahead coming up next. >>> and your lye look at the golden gate bridge you see half the bridge and then it disappears, it's still there, don't worry, but fog may be an issue just in that one particular spot a bigger issue for the east bay. >>> and a disturbing crime against the very men and women risking their lives to help others, all when we give

the greens president grubb philippines president rodrigo duterte is facing issues as islamic state stillthe country. a number of civilian casualties in afghanistan have resulted in the highest number in one year. they have reported that more than 600 people were killed. casualties of women were up people were killed. casualties of women were up by nearly one quarter. saudi arabia is investigating the woman who posted this video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop—top in public, defying the country's strict dress code. it's sparked a heated debate with some saying she should be arrested for not wearing a full length robe and headscarf, others praising her bravery. pakistan's supreme court has begun considering corruption allegations against the country's prime minister, nawaz sharif. it comes after investigators said his family had failed to account for the source of its wealth. the probe began after the leaked panama papers linked his children to offshore companies used to buy london flats. secunder kermani has more. this case dates back to last yea r‘s panama paper lea ks. the prime

a philippine mayor accused by president duterte, of being involved in the drugs trade, has been killedeynaldo paro—ji—nog, the mayor of ozamiz, was shot dead along with his wife and ten others in a dawn raid on his home. police say they were serving an arrest warrant at the time. a gunman has opened fire at the entrance to a nightclub in the german city of konstanz, killing a security guard and wounding two more before he was shot dead by police. prosecutors say he fetched a rifle after a row with security staff. but there was no indication of an islamist or terrorist connection. thousands of tourists have fled the indian hill resort of darjeeling after local activists demanding the creation of a new indian state warned that a general strike could turn into more violence. hundreds of troops and riot police patrolled the streets of the famed tea—producing resort in eastern india as panicked tourists packed their bags. ceremonies have been taking place in belgium to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele — one of the bloodiest of the first world war. the king of belgium and br

in response, president duterte imposed martial law across the island, and on saturday, congress extendedw is allowing authorities to abuse civilians. a move that has no basis. factual basis. the factual basis of these systems, the real threat of rebellion in marawi is highly questionable. fighting is far from over in marawi, and the consequences for its inhabitants, the philippines, and the region, will last much, much longer. bill hayton, bbc news. in an area of philadelphia known locally as the badlands, some of the purest heroin in the country can be bought for just $5. but, from next week, the city authorities will clear the area to stop the heroin trade. but where will the addicts go? the bbc has been to the city to find out. we live in a world of heroin. that's the reality we live in. heroin is what's killing people, but, like, not giving people the opportunity to say "help me," not giving people the opportunity to ask for or seek treatment, keeps them in the basement, keeps them in places like the train tracks. you know, that's why they're down there, that's why they're in abandon

the philippines star says the government of president duterte is not willing to lose a single inch ofseated ageing. —— south china sea to beijing. they have a joint exploration deal with china in an area where beijing has extensive territorial claims. the china daily has an aerial picture of a panda power station. you hurt me crackly. engineers are using different kinds of solar cells to make an image of two debut pandas. —— heard me correctly. something pretty to look at and a source of clea n pretty to look at and a source of clean energy. that brings you up—to—date with the papers. it is 64 years ago today that north korea and the united nations command protecting south korea signed an armistice agreement to end hostilities of the korean war. but a full peace deal was never reached. in north korea, the day is known as victory day and celebrations are taking place. this comes as pyongyang is reportedly planning another missile test, which, in the future, could carry nuclear warheads. north korea claims that it needs nuclear weapons for self—defence but as the bbc‘s karen allen expla

phillipine president rodrigo duterte will deliver a second state of the nation address to a joint session hours. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. the uk independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of a 20—year—old black man who was chased into a shop and restrained by police in east london. there's been an outcry since security camera footage of the incident was shared on social media. the borough police commander for hackney said officers would be asked to account for their actions. six months into his administration and president trump has yet to come up with a strategy for dealing with america's longest war, the war in afghanistan. his administration is supposed to be poised to announce a significant increase in troops, but there have been repeated delays. so are more troops the answer? our south asia correspondent justin rowlatt reports from kabul. the afghan army calls in air support to defend troops from a taliban attack. a fighter plane swoops into

the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, has asked congress to extend martial law in mindanao until the end of the year so that he can crush a rebel uprising in the region. and this video is trending on bbc.com: life on the international space station has been photographed by an impossibly cute drone from japan. the first images from the so—called internal ball camera drone have just been released. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98—year—old ben ferencz. he is the last surviving prosecutor at the nuremberg nazi trials. he also helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. so does he believe that the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity less likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a